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	Dera Ismail Khan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Dera Ismail Khan is city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
		Dera Ismail Khan takes its name from Ismail Khan, a Baluch chief who settled here towards the end of the 15th century, and whose descendants ruled for 300 years.
		Dera Ismail Khan District is an administrative district of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dera_Ismail_Khan (386 words)

	Ismail Khan
		During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan of 1979, Khan was an officer in the Afghanistan army, reaching the rank of Mujahedin commander.
		During the Afghan Transitional Administration, Khan was military commander of western Afghanistan, until August 13, 2003 when President Hamid Karzai decreed that officials could no longer hold both military and civil posts.
		In September 2004 he was also removed from the post of governor for Herat province; although Khan was offered the post of minister of mines and industry in the central government, he declined.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/i/is/ismail_khan.html (327 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Central Asian News and current affairs, Russia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
		Until September 2004, Khan, the self-styled "amir", or ruler, of western Afghanistan, was one of the thorniest obstacles facing Kabul's plans to expand the central government's sway over the outlying provinces.
		While Khan initially kept from Kabul all - and later at least a large portion - of the tax revenues generated by Afghanistan's main border crossing with Iran, he spent a generous portion of it on public projects and as such had a substantial popular-support base in Herat.
		Lastly, Khan's past was not tainted with gross human-rights abuses and he maintained his legendary status as a mujahideen commander during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/GA21Ag02.html (737 words)

	Ismail Khan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		However, after the airing in January 2004 on television of women singing, Khan sided with the (Click link for more info and facts about Afghan Supreme Court) Afghan Supreme Court opinion that such broadcasts should be banned.
		After becoming governor of Herat the first time, he was forced to flee after the (A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government) Taliban took over authority in 1996.
		Then in March 2000 he escaped and worked as a low-profile member of the (A multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban) Northern Alliance.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/is/ismail_khan.htm (401 words)

	DERA ISMAIL KHAN - LoveToKnow Article on DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It takes its name from Ismail Khan, a Baluch chief who settled here towards the end of the 15th century, and whose descendants ruled for 300 years.
		To the east of the present bed of the river there is a wide tract known as the Kachi, exposed to river action.
		The cis-Indus portions of the Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu districts now comprise the new Punjab district of Mianiwali.
	22.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DERA_ISMAIL_KHAN.htm (351 words)

	Afghanistan: Violence May Signal Final Phase In Effort Against Ismail Khan
		The deaths of seven people during riots by Ismail Khan's supporters came a day after the powerful warlord was sacked as Herat governor by Afghan leader Hamid Karzai.
		Supporters of Ismail Khan stormed the gates of a UN compound in Herat before looting and burning the offices there.
		Sifton said there is no doubt that Ismail Khan was severely weakened by a series of military setbacks in recent months that have brought his rivals to the outskirts of Herat.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/sep/1117.html (895 words)

	Ismail Khan, der Löwe von Herat
		Seit 1979 ist Ismail Khan eine Schlüsselfigur in Herat.
		Ismail Khan wurde zwei Jahre später von den Taliban gefangen genommen und verbrachte drei Jahre in einem Kerker in Kandahar, bis er in einer spektakulären Rettungsaktion seiner Anhänger befreit werden konnte.
		Ismail Khan schloss sich der Nordallianz an und formierte seine Kämpfer neu.
	www.afghanist.de /ismailkhan.htm (755 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		Amanullah Khan was detained and was brought to Kabul in handcuffs and later released under unclear circumstances.
		Ismail Khan, who has accused his rival of siding with the extremist Taliban, was soon afterwards appointed minister and transferred to the capital Kabul although he still wields considerable influence in Herat.
		Amanullah Khan survived an apparent assassination attempt in May this year when a man on a motorcycle threw a hand-grenade at his vehicle as he was travelling to Herat city for an event aimed at persuading commanders to hand in their weapons.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_asiapacific/view/237111/1/.html (600 words)

	Afghanistan : torture et répression politique à Herat (Communiqués de presse, 5 novembre 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ismail Khan a personnellement ordonné certaines des arrestations et certains des passages à tabac politiquement motivés qui se sont produits tout au long de l'année 2002.
		Ismail Khan et ses partisans ont intimidé des journalistes et des imprimeurs.
		Human Rights Watch a souligné que les armées américaine et iranienne sont présentes dans la région, rencontrent régulièrement Ismail Khan et des membres de son gouvernement et ont, par le passé, apporté une assistance militaire et financière à Ismail Khan ainsi qu'à d'autres commandants qui lui sont alliés.
	www.hrw.org /french/press/2002/afghan1105.htm (1098 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation
		Ismail Khan was offered -- and rejected -- a job with the central government as minister of mines and industries.
		Khan could cause further trouble for the central government, but it is very unlikely that he would.
		Third, Khan is known as one of a handful of Afghan leaders who were instrumental in the resistance's success against the Soviets and consequently the demise of that superpower.
	www.jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=401&issue_id=3070&article_id=2368505 (759 words)

	Meta Preisvergleich Flug Köln-Dera Ismail Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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	Dera Ismail Khan: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		...Rawalpindi, Lahore, Sargodha, Dera Ismail Khan, Multan, Quetta, Bahawalpur...Arabian Sea northward almost to Dera Ismail Khan, is a rugged, arid plateau...plains ; from south to north, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, and Peshawar are the...
		ROBERTS mentions that "Striped Hyaenas used to be plentiful in Dera Ismail Khan, where it was the practice to hunt them with dogs, but they are reported to be rare even in these areas" (1977, 136...
		The first remote control bomb shattered a police van while it was on a routine patrol in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in northwestern Pakistan, 180 miles south-west of the capital, Islamabad.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/dera-ismail-khan.jsp?l=D&p=2 (752 words)

	Attack on Herat - August 2004 [Archive] - Military Photos
		Karzai says Khan is the legal governor of the province and that the attacks against him represent an attack on the Afghan state.
		Amanullah Khan says the root cause of the fighting is widespread dissatisfaction with Ismail Khan over alleged human rights abuses by his mostly ethnic Tajik militia.
		Amanullah Khan told RFE/RL that the attack on 14 August that allowed his militia to seize an air base to the south of Herat was coordinated with other militia forces to the north and east of Herat whose commanders also oppose Ismail Khan.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-11788.html%20Kosovo's%20Nazi%20Past:%20The%20Untold%20Story%3C/a%3E%20by%20Carl%20Savich)%3C/t-80478.html (616 words)

	Afghanistan : les femmes ne sont toujours pas "libérées" (Human Rights Watch, December 17, 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ismail Khan a censuré des groupes de femmes, intimidé des leaders féminins, et écarté des femmes de son administration à Herat.
		Dans certains cas, la police agissant sous les ordres d'Ismail Khan a interrogé des femmes et filles vues seules avec des hommes, même lorsqu'il s'agissait de chauffeurs de taxi, et a arrêté ceux qui n'avaient pas de lien de parenté.
		" Ismail Khan a crée une atmosphère dans laquelle les officiels et les certains individus croient avoir le droit de contrôler tous les aspects de la vie des femmes et des filles : leur manière de s'habiller, de se déplacer en ville, et ce qu'elles disent, " affirme Coursen-Neff.
	www.hrw.org /french/docs/2002/12/17/afghan7300_txt.htm (957 words)

	Herat Governor Calls on Karzai to Put Renegade Commander on Trial
		Ismail Khan, a legendary fighter in the war of liberation against the Soviet Union and one-time prisoner of the Taleban, is a Tajik, whereas Amanullah Khan, like Karzai, is from the country’s Pushtun majority.
		Ismail Khan told Reuters yesterday he had not committed his support to anyone in an election that marks the end of the phase of interim and transitional governments headed by Karzai since the fall of the Taleban in late 2001.
		Ismail Khan also played down talk by a Tajik presidential candidate, Latif Pedram, that he was part of a group of Mujahedeen leaders and the Uzbek Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum searching for a common candidate to field against Karzai.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=50634&d=29&m=8&y=2004&pix=world.jpg&category=World (541 words)

	Asia Times Online :: South Asia news - NATO fighting the wrong battle in Afghanistan
		Wali Khan publicly responded that Karzai wrote to him and then phoned him, and that he was supportive of Karzai.
		But now it is a new ball game for Ismail Khan - Khalilzad is gone, Karzai is weak and the Afghan bazaar is full of talk about Americans wanting to cut and run from Afghanistan.
		Dostum is an ethnic Uzbek, Ismail Khan is an ethnic Tajik, Malik is only half-Pashtun, but that didn't prevent them from occasionally collaborating with the Taliban and mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar during the 1990s.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/HK04Df02.html (2156 words)

	Afghanistan: Torture and Political Repression in Herat - Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		Ismail Khan has personally ordered some of the politically motivated arrests and beatings, which have taken place throughout 2002.
		Earlier this year, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called on Ismail Khan during a visit to Herat, and afterward described him to reporters as "an appealing person." "Much of the country is in the hands of violent commanders and their undisciplined troops," said Sifton.
		Ismail Khan and his supporters have intimidated journalists and printers and stifled or controlled the few civic organizations they permit to exist.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/afghan/2002/1105hrw.htm (896 words)

	World Press Review - The Rise of the Warlords
		Their faces were covered when they robbed me,” truck driver Waqif Khan Sinwari, who had just arrived in Kabul, said to the Associated Press.
		In Ghazni Province, a warlord named Ismail immediately gathered his troops together the instant he knew that the Taliban had fallen.
		Ismail Khan built universities, opened jobs, and built asphalt roads for the residents.
	www.worldpress.org /asia/0202tempo.htm (1408 words)

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		Afghan warlord Ismail Khan is holding Qala Nau under siege in the northwest, and will take Herat by the first week in November.
		Khan, former governor of the western province of Herat and a member of the Northern Alliance, controls an island of territory in the northwest and is fighting to wrest his former fiefdom from the hard-line Taliban, who rule most of Afghanistan.
		Sunday, Alavi said Ismail Khan's forces had set up a military base 15 miles from Herat city and were preparing to capture the city.
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	RaiNews24 - Libertà duratura. Ismail Khan: pronti ad attaccare Kandahar
		Ismail Khan, uno dei principali comandanti dell'Alleanza anti Talebani, è sicuro di poter prendere la città roccaforte dei seguaci del mullah Omar, dopo aver preso il controllo di Herat, e avverte: caduta Kabul, non servono più truppe straniere in Afghanistan.
		Sull'ormai imminente attacco a Kandahar, Ismail Khan ha detto che "se i terroristi non la lasceranno, noi andremo a liberarla".
		Parlando di Kandahar, Khan ha rivendicato il diritto suo e delle altre componenti del Fronte unito a entrare in questa città, dove l'etnia pashtun è dominante.
	www.rainews24.it /Notizia.asp?NewsID=15303 (409 words)

	Afghanistan Daily Digest
		Ismail Khan, the former strongman and governor of Herat Province, was sent by President Hamid Karzai to investigate the causes of clashes in the city (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 10 February 2006).
		Ismail Khan blamed a number of Shi'ite youths for sparking the incident by insulting Omar bin al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, who is revered by Sunnis and disliked by the Shi'a.
		Ismail Khan added that the committee will investigate the riots to reach a final conclusion on the causes of the incident.
	www.eurasianet.org /resource/afghanistan/hypermail/200602/0039.shtml (252 words)

	News: Afghanistan, Seventeen reported dead or injured in attack on western Afghan market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Forces loyal to Herat provincial governor Ismail Khan bombarded a packed bazaar in the Zirkoh valley near the southern Herat city of Shindad, killing two and wounding 15, a spokesman for rival commander Amanullah Khan said.
		Abdul Karim Afghan said fighting between the two Khans erupted as a delegation representing Amanullah paid a second visit to Kabul in an effort to persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to replace Ismail Khan as governor.
		Afghan said the attack was an attempt by Ismail Khan, an ethnic Tajik, to harass one of Afghanistan's largest Pashtun communities.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/fde10706eafaab62c1256c6700439589 (282 words)

	On the Media - Thin Air
		In one recent case, a reporter for Radio Free Europe, which is funded by the U.S. government, was forced to leave the western city of Herat by the powerful local warlord, Ismail Khan.
		WAHEED WARASTA: He was first humiliated verbally by Ismail Khan when he asked some clever questions in front of others, and then was physically beaten, then warned to evacuate Herat.
		Ismail Khan was describing these free journalists as the "slaves of the West."
	www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_100104_thinair.html (1118 words)

	AllRefer.com - Dera Ismail Khan (South Asia Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Dera Ismail Khan (South Asia Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Dera Ismail Khan[dA´ru ismIl´ khAn] Pronunciation Key, town (1981 pop.
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	Abducted journalist released after questioning : print
		Khan went missing on 20 November 2006 after he had visited one of his brothers in Islamabad and was preparing to take a bus home to Dera Ismail Khan, south of Peshawar.
		A man calling himself Dr Jamshed answered Khan’s phone and said the reporter had had a terrible road accident and had been taken to hospital in the capital.
		We fear he could be the latest victim of kidnappings of reporters like that of Hayatullah Khan a year ago," the organisation added.
	www.rsf.org /print.php3?id_article=19796 (582 words)

	DERA ISMAIL KHAN - Online Information article about DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)
		In 1901 the trans-Indus tract was allotted to the newly formed North-West Frontier Province, the cis-Indus tract remaining in the See also:
		The cis-Indus portions of the Dera Ismail Khan and See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DEM_DIO/DERA_ISMAIL_KHAN.html (494 words)

	ZNet \|Afghanistan \| How We Forget About The Women Of Afghanistan
		She told me that Ismail Khan, the warlord who rules Herat, had originally decreed that no women were to go to the loya jirga from his province.
		Last month, Ismail Khan announced on the radio that all men "are obliged to beat" women who walk with men who are not their husbands.
		The fact that this report on Ismail Khan's abuses of women's rights has been ignored by the commentators and reporters who were so eager for war in Afghanistan has another lesson for us.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=49&ItemID=2772 (1241 words)

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